Psychological fallout from the pandemic will cause birth rates to drop, people to stay single for longer and women to sexualise themselves more, experts have predicted. You can’t tell over Zoom,' Professor Haselton said. According to Professor Haselton, the impacts of this are already being felt. Women evolved stronger motivations to attend to the details of childcare and may feel pressured to accept more childcare and homemaking responsibility when others, such as teachers and childcare workers […] cannot.' Furthermore, Professor Haselton said, economic inequality could see many women sexualise themselves more in order to compete with each other for desirable men.

Source: Daily Mail October 23, 2020 18:16 UTC